The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

at negro hidden in the grass and then
the brother rose up and advised him to
leave his gun at home and hunt with a
crow-bar.
Woe to the crow! Ten cents is the
price set on his head by the Agricultur-
al Committee Of the Legislature. Some
of the farmers boys will save up all the
black chickens heads.-LeWiston Mel
Journal.
A Missouri sheriff went home in
disguise in the evening to see If his wife
would scare. She fired three shots Mt
him SO promptly that he dropped his
experiment and began looking for the
end of one of his fingers. Fres
Press.
"A devil fish with seven arms, each
from nine to thirteen feet in length, was
lately washed ashore at the Oregon
coast, having perhaps died of old age.
Those who examined the body were Of.
the opinion that he could have easily
handled three men in shallow water.
Smear on the Printers Ink
II you want to succeed in q business line
Smear on the printers ink.
II In procession YOU wish To sLne,
i meBr on tne PRIMER y INK.
i Fear not to tell what you have 10 sell;.
| Advertise and do 1t we'll;
| II you'd have the customers come pell men,
Smear en- the printers inA.
Brooklyn Citizen.
| Natural gas is by no means recent
discovery. Even its utilization for the
purposes of the mechanic arts was long
ago successfully attempted in China,
where, by pipes of bamboo, it was con-
veyed from natural wells to suitable
furnaces, and consumed by means Of
terra Gotta burners.
Very few hotels now keep old reg.
listers. They are either burned, dis
posed of to autograph collectors, Or
sold for waste paper. The trouble
hotels have become involved in, and the
unenviable prominence some got
through registers in court, is the reason
for this action on the part of proprie-
tors.--M. y Herald.
"A party Of young ladies were in tho
city recently who are taking trip to
Washington on the savings made by
eschewing expensive dresses on class
day at their college. The custom not
only enables them to see the world, but
will make them a preferred class of
candidates for matrimony. Pittsburgh
commercial Gazette.
Profound philosophy is sometimes
met with in unexpected places. A poor
old man who was engaged in out-of-
door labor that evidently paid but
pitiful return for many weary hours of
arduous work, was overheard to remark
feelingly to a fellow-laborer: II wish
I could live two lives, and have the last
| one first "-Prouileace Journal.
! According to the report of the Ne
braska horticultural Society the State
has now about 25O, 900 acres of growing
forest, in which have been set 6OO,OOO,-
900 young trees. Besides these, there
have been planted over 2, 800, 900 grape
vines, a vast number of berry bushes
and plants, and countless quantities of
ornamental shrubs.
The town of Weathcrsfeld, N. Y,
has freak in the person of young
girl, the daughter of farmer. who,
without any previous training, has de-
veloped decided talent for literature
and music. A few days ago she rose
from sick bed and wrote a book which
is said to be interesting, and since then
she has composed several pieces for the
piano. Her "gift comes from an influ-
cnce outside of her." she says.-M. Y.
Tribune.
Sidney Welsh, an English burglar,
recently arrested in Cleveland, was ap-
parently dead when his cell was visited
the other day. Slaps. shakings and
cold water failed to revive him. 1t was
thought that he had poisoned himself,
and doctor came with stomach pump
and Welsh was emptied. He still re-
mained dead. By this time the doctor
was led to believe that Welsh was
shamming, so he gently tickled him in
the ribs and then the dead man smiled.
But he had proved himself remarkable
shammer. Cleveland Leader.
An Albany Clergyman who was at
the west end slide a few weeks ago gaz-
ing with delight upon the animating
spectacle was asked in jest by one of
his parishioners why he did not take
the toboggan for text. He promised
that on the following Sunday he would
preach sermon appropriate to winter
sports in Albany. A number of tobog-
gamers, remembering the promise, at
tended service the following Sunday
and were not little amazed when the
last clause of the first verse of the
twenty-siXth Psalm was given out as
the text. The clergyman had fulfilled
his promisc.-Albany Journal
Professional humorists may be in
terested in these two jokes: ''Mrs. w.,
walking on one of the wharves at New
York, jocosely asked sailor why ship
was always called she. co. said the
son of Neptune, because the rigging
costs more than the hull" Apreacher
who kept a huckster's shop was heard
one day to say to his shopman: John,
have you watered the rump' Yes
Have you sanded the brown sugarp'
Yes Have you wetted the tobaccoP'
Yes Then come in to prayers. "
The first was published in the "Massa-
chusetts. Connecticut, Rhode Island.
New Hampshire, and Vermont AL
manac" in 1893, and the second in
Benjamin Vests Rhode Island AL
manac" of 18O5.-N Y San.